Dead at age 72
1,495 Notable deaths
Ubaidullah Sindhi
Indian scholar and political activist (1872–1944).
Born March 10th, 1872 in Sialkot.
Died August 21st, 1944 at 72 years old in Rahim Yar Khan District, Din Pur Sharif.
Nicholas Evans
British journalist, producer and writer.
Born July 26th, 1950 in Bromsgrove. [ref]
Died August 9th, 2022 at 72 years old (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Prince Harald of Denmark
Danish prince (1876–1949).
Born October 8th, 1876 in Charlottenlund Palace.
Died March 30th, 1949 at 72 years old in Copenhagen.
Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria
Austrian archduke (1866-1939).
Born August 21st, 1866 in Altmünster.
Died April 20th, 1939 at 72 years old in Vienna.
Irena Szewińska
Polish sprinter and sports official.
Born May 24th, 1946 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 29th, 2018 at 72 years old in Warsaw (breast cancer). [ref]
Leah Rabin
Wife of prime minister of israel (1928-2000).
Born April 28th, 1928 in Königsberg.
Died November 12th, 2000 at 72 years old in Jerusalem (lung cancer). [ref]
Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane
British politician (1856-1928).
Born July 30th, 1856 in Edinburgh.
Died August 19th, 1928 at 72 years old in Auchterarder.
Phan Bội Châu
19/20th-century vietnamese nationalist and revolutionary.
Born December 26th, 1867 in Nam Đàn.
Died October 29th, 1940 at 72 years old in Huế.
Doreen Massey
British social scientist and geographer.
Born January 3rd, 1944 in Manchester.
Died March 11th, 2016 at 72 years old in Kilburn (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Edmond Hamilton
American science fiction writer (1904–1977).
Born October 21st, 1904 in Youngstown.
Died February 1st, 1977 at 72 years old in Lancaster.
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No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.